Colorado State University Athletics
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Jim Mora
- Title:
- Head Coach
Jim Mora was hired Dec. 1, 2025, as the 25th head football coach at Colorado State, coming with an impressive resume built at the professional and college ranks.
Known as a builder of programs, Mora has amassed 105 wins in a career which has spanned stints with Atlanta and Seattle in the NFL, UCLA and Connecticut in the college ranks. Mora has a history of crafting turnarounds resulting in postseason appearances.
Mora most recently ushered in a successful run for the Huskies, who qualified for bowl games in three of his four seasons. He guided the program to its’ first back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2024 and 2025. He was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in 2025 and was named The Gridiron Club of Greater Boson 2024 Coach of the Year. In 2023, UConn produced the first All-American in its FBS era when guard Christian Haynes was named by the Associated Press and The Sporting News. Haynes then became the first NFL Draft pick from Mora’s Husky teams, selected in the third round by Seattle.
His collegiate coaching career started at UCLA in 2012, lasting six seasons where he accumulated a 46-30 overall record and a 29-24 mark in Pac-12 play. Mora led the Bruins to the 2012 Pac-12 South championship and won the 2013 Sun Bowl and the 2014 Alamo Bowl. The Bruins were ranked as high as No. 7 nationally during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. UCLA had top 20 recruiting classes in each season under Mora resulting in 30 Bruins being selected in the NFL Draft, including at least one first round NFL draft pick in every year except one. The 30 NFL Draft selections were the most of any Pac-12 program during that time.
Mora spent four years as an NFL head coach, three in Atlanta and one in Seattle, producing a 32-34 overall record, 27-22 with the Falcons, a team he led to the NFC Championship game in his first year in 2004 as he was named the NFL Coach of the Year. In his 25 years in the NFL as a head coach and an assistant, he coached 17 Pro Bowlers.
Mora took over for Mike Holmgren as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks in 2009. He had served as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for Seattle in the 2007 and 2008 campaigns. The Seahawks went 10-6 and finished first in the NFC West in 2007 season and won the wild card game in the playoffs.
In his initial season as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons in 2004, Mora directed the team to an 11-5 record, becoming just the eighth rookie head coach in NFL history to win 11 games and the 11th to win a division title. The Falcons captured the NFC South title and earned an appearance in the NFC Championship Game for only the second time in franchise history. Mora was selected as the NFC Coach of the Year.
A 1983 graduate of the University of Washington, Mora was a defensive back for the Washington Huskies from 1980 to 1983. He was part of two Rose Bowl teams, including a Rose Bowl win in 1982 (Iowa). He began his coaching career serving as a graduate assistant for the Washington Huskies in 1984 and helped them earn an invitation to the 1985 Orange Bowl (win over Oklahoma). In his five seasons there, Washington compiled a 48-12 overall record.
Personal Information
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Family: Wife – Kathy / Children – Lillia, Cole, Ryder, Trey, Katrina and Connor
Education: Washington, 1984 (Bachelor's)
Birthday: November 19
Mora Experience
2026-Present: Colorado State
Head Coach
2022-2025: UConn
Head Coach
2021-2017: UCLA
Head Coach
2009: Seattle Seahawks
Head Coach
2007-08: Seattle Seahawks
Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Backs
2004-06: Atlanta Falcons
Head Coach
1999-2003: San Francisco 49ers
Defensive Coordinator
1997-98: San Francisco 49ers
Defensive Backs
1992-96: New Orleans Saints
Defensive Backs
1989-91: San Diego Chargers
Defensive Backs
1986-88: San Diego Chargers
Assistant Defensive Backs
1985: San Diego Chargers
Quality Control
1984: Washington
Graduate Assistant
Playing Career (Defensive Back)
College: Washington (1980-83)
Known as a builder of programs, Mora has amassed 105 wins in a career which has spanned stints with Atlanta and Seattle in the NFL, UCLA and Connecticut in the college ranks. Mora has a history of crafting turnarounds resulting in postseason appearances.
Mora most recently ushered in a successful run for the Huskies, who qualified for bowl games in three of his four seasons. He guided the program to its’ first back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2024 and 2025. He was a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year Award in 2025 and was named The Gridiron Club of Greater Boson 2024 Coach of the Year. In 2023, UConn produced the first All-American in its FBS era when guard Christian Haynes was named by the Associated Press and The Sporting News. Haynes then became the first NFL Draft pick from Mora’s Husky teams, selected in the third round by Seattle.
His collegiate coaching career started at UCLA in 2012, lasting six seasons where he accumulated a 46-30 overall record and a 29-24 mark in Pac-12 play. Mora led the Bruins to the 2012 Pac-12 South championship and won the 2013 Sun Bowl and the 2014 Alamo Bowl. The Bruins were ranked as high as No. 7 nationally during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. UCLA had top 20 recruiting classes in each season under Mora resulting in 30 Bruins being selected in the NFL Draft, including at least one first round NFL draft pick in every year except one. The 30 NFL Draft selections were the most of any Pac-12 program during that time.
Mora spent four years as an NFL head coach, three in Atlanta and one in Seattle, producing a 32-34 overall record, 27-22 with the Falcons, a team he led to the NFC Championship game in his first year in 2004 as he was named the NFL Coach of the Year. In his 25 years in the NFL as a head coach and an assistant, he coached 17 Pro Bowlers.
Mora took over for Mike Holmgren as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks in 2009. He had served as assistant head coach and defensive backs coach for Seattle in the 2007 and 2008 campaigns. The Seahawks went 10-6 and finished first in the NFC West in 2007 season and won the wild card game in the playoffs.
In his initial season as the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons in 2004, Mora directed the team to an 11-5 record, becoming just the eighth rookie head coach in NFL history to win 11 games and the 11th to win a division title. The Falcons captured the NFC South title and earned an appearance in the NFC Championship Game for only the second time in franchise history. Mora was selected as the NFC Coach of the Year.
A 1983 graduate of the University of Washington, Mora was a defensive back for the Washington Huskies from 1980 to 1983. He was part of two Rose Bowl teams, including a Rose Bowl win in 1982 (Iowa). He began his coaching career serving as a graduate assistant for the Washington Huskies in 1984 and helped them earn an invitation to the 1985 Orange Bowl (win over Oklahoma). In his five seasons there, Washington compiled a 48-12 overall record.
Personal Information
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Family: Wife – Kathy / Children – Lillia, Cole, Ryder, Trey, Katrina and Connor
Education: Washington, 1984 (Bachelor's)
Birthday: November 19
Mora Experience
2026-Present: Colorado State
Head Coach
2022-2025: UConn
Head Coach
2021-2017: UCLA
Head Coach
2009: Seattle Seahawks
Head Coach
2007-08: Seattle Seahawks
Assistant Head Coach / Defensive Backs
2004-06: Atlanta Falcons
Head Coach
1999-2003: San Francisco 49ers
Defensive Coordinator
1997-98: San Francisco 49ers
Defensive Backs
1992-96: New Orleans Saints
Defensive Backs
1989-91: San Diego Chargers
Defensive Backs
1986-88: San Diego Chargers
Assistant Defensive Backs
1985: San Diego Chargers
Quality Control
1984: Washington
Graduate Assistant
Playing Career (Defensive Back)
College: Washington (1980-83)
Colorado State Basketball (W): Bragg (L) and Carlson (R) Post-Game (Utah State, 25-26)
Saturday, December 20
Colorado State Basketball (W): Ryun Williams Post-Game (Utah State, 25-26)
Saturday, December 20
Rams Live: Patrick McLaughlin + Ram Club
Wednesday, December 17
Colorado State Basketball (M): Ali Farokhmanesh Post-Game (Northern New Mexico)
Sunday, December 14
